Comments on: Broadband Internet costs up to 41,000 birr/ month in Ethiopia

By: Impartial

Impartial — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 16:19:48 +0000

I've studied the last three Governments in Ethiopia. Of course there are many problems in the country but I think its also fair to say that the Government has made significant progress in the last 18 years . In fact, the present Govt is arguably the most promising Govt Ethiopia has had in the last 80 yrs or so (in terms of impovements for the average Ethiopian).

Of course, as in most African countries, tribalism is rife, so you 'll probably find members of other tribes who will only dwell on the negative and not give a balanced view.

By: SM Gebru

SM Gebru — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 22:44:42 +0000

Unfortunately this entire article is 100% correct, from the home to mobile to internet usage.

By: Andalkachew

Andalkachew — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 10:24:06 +0000

I was in Ethiopia working as a computer programmer last year. I can tell you that it is next to impossible to have a half working internet service. It was frustrating and expensive.

Even if you can afford to pay the most expensive broadband service that is offered by the Ethiopian Telecommunication Corporation (ETC), you will be lucky to get the service. Most of the telephone copper lines are not adequate enough to transmit broadband service. In my case, I was told that I can't have broadband service in my house.

It is a shame that Ethiopia has one of the lowest internet, telephone and mobile penetration density in Africa.

By: ze

ze — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 01:34:09 +0000

Not even enough phone serviece and internet.
Death to wyeane

By: Hagos Araya

Hagos Araya — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:21:22 +0000

"Skype are illegal to use in Ethiopia and the Skype website is blocked."

By the way not only skype but also all private non-weyane sympathizers websites are blocked in Ethiopia, and if anyone cought using such medias is considered as a crime by weyane illegitimate government.

Apart from medias, do you know that almost everything is blocked in Ethiopia including freedom of speech, democracy, rule of law, justice, free market, food, and all other things in Ethiopia is only operated by weyane officials while the entire people are blocked to get it.

It is so amazing that Ethiopia is one of the country that being try to entertain a view against the government is considered as a crime and can allow the person to stay in jail along with the variety of harassment that comes from the agazi members.

In general, life is blocked in Ethiopia, most people daily life is restricted to count the days of their death, while Ethiopia is the place to live only for weyane officials, members and supporters, while the other vast majority are suffering with the high unaffordable inflation rate, diesese such as HIV/AIDS and others that cannot be preventable due to lack of money and lack of distribution and lack of malnutrition, along with the daily weyane oppression.

Ethiopia is simply becomes the impossible place to live excpt you are an idiot and DEDEB memeber and sympetizer OF WEYANE.

The only time when life can be affordable and when Ethiopia become a place to live for its own citizens is when weyane is completely removed and lets us all work to bring that day to Ethiopia along with many freedom fighters and best leadership of Ginbot 7, lets fight the fight……

Death to all members and supporters of weyane…..